Industrial Temperature Control With LabVIEW

LabVIEW temperature controlled applications can be done in one of two ways:

(A) The LabVIEW executable has a PID control loop that monitors a thermocouple or varistor or RTD and controls the heat source

(B) LabVIEW acts as a “Front End” or host as a sub component does the temperature control such as one of these components:

Off the shelf controller made by a company such as Watlow, Omron, Omega, Chromalox. These controller typically communicate with LabVIEW using RS232, RS485, RS422, 4-20mA output / input, 0-10V output /input